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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Extend Your Battery Life

Here's a tip to extend the life of the battery in your laptop. Once a month let your battery run all the way down (you can use your laptop while you're doing this) until you get the warning that pops up that tells you to plug in or else you will lose any unsaved changes.

When you see that warning go ahead and plug your laptop back in and you're all set until another month passes. The Apple website says that this "Standard Maintenance" allows the electrons to keep flowing within the battery. Sounds techie, huh? They go even go as far as mentioning you can set an iCal reminder for yourself so you have a reminder.